China’s population ‘to peak at 1.44bn’

06/01/2019

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption China relaxed its one-child policy in 2015 to combat an ageing population China’s population will peak in 2029 at 1.44 billion before beginning a period of “unstoppable” decline, a government report says. The China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) study says the country must implement policies to handle a…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption China relaxed its one-child policy in 2015 to combat an ageing population

China’s population will peak in 2029 at 1.44 billion before beginning a period of “unstoppable” decline, a government report says.